EFE, La Prensa Latina: Por Yolanda Salazar La Paz, 14 jul (EFE).- Una nueva especie de pez descubierta por el investigador boliviano Heinz Arno Drawert puede sobrevivir fuera del agua durante horas seguidas gracias a la capacidad de alterar su respiración. Drawert vio por primera vez la Moema juanderibaensis (su nombre científico) durante la década…
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Denounced for fulfilling his duty; Raúl, the guardian of Madidi | Denunciado por cumplir con su deber; Raúl, el guardián del Madidi
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: On March 30, he was attacked at a national park checkpoint when he demanded documentation from illegal miners. He is now notified for defamation and slander and must declare this July 5 He is a native of the Santa Rosa community, municipality of Apolo, today co-opted by mining. He was a…
Prisioneros en Bolivia intercambian partes de jaguar por artículos de moda, descubren investigadores | Prisoners in Bolivia trading rare jaguar parts for fashion items, researchers discover
Phys.org: por Cambridge University Press Los presos en Bolivia comercian con pieles de jaguar y otras partes del cuerpo de animales salvajes para producir carteras, sombreros y cinturones para la venta en los mercados locales. Los colmillos y los huesos de los jaguares se exportan ilegalmente para su uso como medicina tradicional asiática. El comercio, que…
Red-fronted Macaw – Paraba frente roja
Tanya Imaña, El Deber: Red-fronted Macaw chicks are photographed in their natural nest, located in the El Palmar Protected Area The birds are in danger of extinction, there are only a thousand individuals in the country. They seek to study their reproduction habits For the first time, two red-fronted macaw chicks were photographed in their…
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
Yareta (Azorella compacta)
Máximo Liberman, Página Siete: Yareta, the extraordinary survivor of the Andes Its resin is used in traditional cough medicines and as an antimicrobial; its overexploitation marks it as an endangered species in the Red Book of Endangered Flora of Bolivia. The yareta or llareta, whose scientific name is Azorella compacta, belongs to the Apiaceae family;…
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